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Almost 100,000 potholes have been repaired by the County Council since January 2010

Gloucestershire's pothole problem is being made worse by poor workmanship, according to a local cycling group.

Alan Williams, chairman of Cheltenham and County Cycling Club, said potholes on his road were not drilled out but simply filled with tarmac.

Stan Waddington from the county council said each repair should be cut, cleaned, filled and sealed but they need to know if this is not happening.

Some 9,000 repairs have been made to potholes in the county this year.

'Waste of time'

Mr Williams, who burst his bicycle's rear tyre last week after riding over a pothole in Gotheringon, said that workmen are not properly treating the edges which allows water to get in and lifts the tarmac "meaning a bigger pothole appears".

Another club member, Roger Unwin, said that repairs are a "complete waste of time because the council doesn't do them properly".

He has visited hospital twice in the past five years after hitting potholes in Cheltenham at night.